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Rejection song

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Reminiscing about rejection songs, as I mark yet another step in becoming a writer – my first rejection letters from literary agents.

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What is done, is done, and cannot be undone. Or it can’t if you post the badger.

Friday, January 29, 2010

In which the author wibbles on about querying agents, and is happy that the Royal Mail has no Apple-Z or CTRL-Z function. Or does it? Please say it doesn’t.

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Tease me, tease me

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Update on the re-draft and preparations for the agent submission process.

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Rien ne va plus

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

After much faffing, huffing, displacing and stressing, the second, agent-ready, draft begins.

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Learning the process

Monday, January 4, 2010

Hello blog. It’s been a while. I wasn’t very well. And real life is just so ‘gosh darnit’ real at times. The novel remains unedited. My diary remains unfull – I am practising my positive spinnery in anticipation of paid marketing work. Hence not ‘empty’ – merely ‘unfull’ – which suggests that at any moment [...]

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The waiting soup

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Patience required. Ingredients missing.

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Finished, but not ‘finished’ finished

Thursday, November 12, 2009

On the excitement or humdrum caused by finishing, but not ‘finishing’ finishing, the novel.

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Ritting routine

Thursday, October 29, 2009

On feeling almost a writer. Or at least being someone with a writing routine. A ritting routine.

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The return of the cow(s)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Most writers’ muses are ladies, or cats, or lady cats. Occasionally, very occasionally, they are cat-ladies. But I feel my own muse is an over-friendly cow, breath steaming and nostrils foaming. Its eyes are wild, and it has a purple sticker on its flank. And like all good city boys, I haven’t a clue if it is male or female.

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Breadcrumbs

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

I blog about the process of writing and the insights I’m finding about how and what I like to write. About the craft. About the fun. And about the words.

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